WBG Pioneer - Investment Analysis Intern

The WBG Pioneer Internship offers postgraduate students a high impact learning experience in global development, working with IFC investment officers to support investment projects in emerging European countries. The intern will assist in financial modeling, market research, and client relationship management to contribute to IFC's investment and development goals.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models, including financial projections.
• Analyze historical financial statements and prepare reports on the financial health and viability of a given company or project.
• Analyze financial projections and report on viability of businesses.
• Monitor operational and financial performance of client companies to evaluate risk and recommend proactive portfolio management actions and prepare regular portfolio reports.
• Conduct industry and market research to assist in IFC’s business development efforts.
• Prepare presentations and other documentation as contributions to IFC’s internal reporting and external communication, marketing and outreach.
• Build and maintain quality internal and external client relationships with a high level of responsiveness (including client coordination to ensure IFC receipt of needed information).
• Conduct mapping to assess business opportunities for IFC.
• Identify data collection needs to support the assessment of a given investment in all areas including not only financial and market information but also development impact and relevant ES&G matters.
• Extract lessons of IFC’s earlier investments or advisory mandates and other evaluative work as relevant to provide input to the structuring of new transactions or monitoring of existing transactions.
• Participate in negotiations, as needed.

Requirements

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in, or in the final year of, a postgraduate (master’s/PhD) program.
• Candidates must have minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience, particularly in investment projects.
• Ability to develop complex financial models.
• Ability to conduct company financial statement analysis.
• Proven aptitude in the following areas: accounting, finance, financial modeling, DCF, scenario analysis, and comparable company analysis.
• Ability to conduct market and industry research and analysis including market conditions and gaps.
• Ability to write and speak clearly in a logical, comprehensive yet concise manner.
• Proven attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze, distill and summarize large amounts of information and then synthesize, including in areas such as debt pricing benchmarks and equity trading comparables.
• Ability to listen actively and attentively to others in order to identify client and stakeholder needs.
• Ability to utilize graphics and tables to effectively and creatively present data.
• Ability to manage and complete multiple projects/tasks simultaneously and to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Basic understanding of how specific investments in different MAS industries impact economic, market, and social development.
• Highly motivated, committed to highest ethical standard, ability to work successfully in multicultural teams and across boundaries.
• Genuine commitment to development and to the World Bank Group’s and IFC's mission, strategies and values.
• Keen interest in development finance and multicultural environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is required; fluency in another regional language is a plus.

Skills

• Financial Modeling
• Company Financial Statement Analysis
• Accounting
• Finance
• Discounted Cashflow Analysis
• Scenario Analysis
• Comparable Company Analysis
• Market Research
• Industry Analysis
• Data Presentation
• Project Management
• Debt Pricing Benchmarks
• Equity Trading Comparables
• Client Relationship Management
• Development Finance
• Multi-cultural Team Collaboration
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication

Languages

English